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- 2821: Alcoholism
- ... substances as a medication of sorts or a way to soothe feelings of anxiety, anger, or depression," says Daniel Goleman in his book, Emotional Intelligence. Many clubs and organizations around the country including S.A.D.D. (Students Against Driving Drunk) and M.A.D.D.(Mothers Against Drunk Driving) make the public aware of alcoholism through community events and general public information. Adults are not the only group of people effected by this problem. Many teenagers are also ...
- 2822: Gangs
- ... Brooklyn is kidnapped by a Chinatown gang which demands ransom payments from her family. She is murdered when the family fails to pay. -Two FBI agents and a police sergeant are murdered inside the Washington, D.C. police headquarters by a gang member. -A Pittsburgh police sergeant walking home with his daughter is killed with his own gun after he stops and confronts a gang spraying graffiti on a street. II ... people from choosing a life of violence and crime, the beginning of the 21st century could bring levels of violent crime to our communities that far exceed what we have experienced." Reggie Walton, a Washington, D.C. Superior Court judge who handles juvenile cases, blames it on the disappearance of fathers. Walton says fathers leave children to be raised by young mothers who themselves are often struggling with mental or emotional ... counselor in a juvenile detention facility in California said: "(If) you find a gang member who comes from a complete nuclear family, a kid who has never been exposed to any kind of abuse, I'd like to meet him.... a real 'gangbanger' who comes from a happy, balanced home, who's got a good opinion of himself. I don't think that kid exists." Sydney Harris, a nationally syndicated ...
- 2823: The Psychological Effects Of G
- ... practices females carry on into motherhood. Surpassingly, in a class room experiment done with a doll called Baby, Think Again, which is a computerized doll, which is programmed to cry at certain times of the day for certain reasons, male participants were vary successful with their “child”. The computer can tell someone how many times the baby cried, what the“mother/father” didn’t or did do correctly. Orland Richard’s ... a responsibility, they try so much harder and care for their “baby” more intensely than some of the young women in the class because they have so much to prove. “ They come in the next day and wait for me tom open the computer to see if the lights are blinking, and they arrant. They even say, ‘See Mr.Richards, I can be a good father.’ The funny thing is that they even come back the next day and say, ‘ Hey, Mr. Richards, can I have the same baby again tonight, you know, the one that looks like me!’ That makes me feel so good inside, and there will be one less ...
- 2824: Realism And Credibility In Mol
- ... place, for those we live in perfect amity, without daring to command them;" (Behn, 75) and Moll Flanders speaks of other pickpockets as "they," she doesn't include herself: "Namely, that tho' I often robb'd with these People, yet I never let them know who I was ..." (Defoe, 221). Time influences a character as far as past experience is the cause of present actions. Personal development, thoughts and changes are ... parts of her life. Despite this, Moll is deeply rooted in the time process and although there is little development in her character, she is nevertheless influenced by her former experiences: "I had been trick'd once by that Cheat call'd Love, but the Game was over; I was resolv'd now to be Married, or Nothing at all." (Defoe, 60). Time contributes to Oroonoko in as far as it reflects a part of British ...
- 2825: Moby Dick
- ... his writings. For instance, America during that time was witnessing the Industrial Revolution and felt that his country was slipping away from its founding fathers’ ideals. His feelings and thoughts towards his society of that day more than likely played an important role in his novels. Furthermore, Melville drew from the literary time period he lived in, as well as from other influences. He lived in and wrote in a period ... so repetitive and boring it’s unbelievable. The climax consists of the main chase and battle with Moby-Dick himself. In this part of the novel, each of three days are discussed. On the first day of the chase, the men spear the whale with their harpoons, but without success. Also, Ahab’s boat is crushed by the white whale. The second day proves to be a bit more successful. All the boats are able to harpoon the whale, however Ahab’s boat is once again hit by the whale and is turned over. The third and ...
- 2826: In Cold Blood
- ... his writing subjects beyond the too-narrow personal world with which most writers concern themselves. The setting of "In Cold Blood" matters very much to the symbolism of the plot. The novel begins on the day that the murders take place. The Clutter family is going about their daily chores. Nancy, the town sweetheart, is contemplating about how she is to get all of her chores finished. Her father, brother, and ... no harm in telling Dick, as the Clutters had never mistreated him, he was merely conversing. Years passed from the time that Dick and his fellow prisoner had their discussions about the Clutters. Then, the day came: the final day of the Clutter family’s life. The tragic day of November 14, 1959. The tragedy was discovered on a Sunday morning when a young lady, by the name of Nancy Ewalt, came to the ...
- 2827: Hercules
- ... and had become a great warrior, he married a young woman named Megara. They had two children together and lived very happily. However, things didn’t turn out as they do in the movie. One day, Hera sent a fit of madness to Hercules that put him into so great a rage, that he murdered his wife and both children. When Hercules regained his senses and realized what he had done ... Hercules to bring him the Erymanthian boar alive. A boar is a huge, wild pig with a bad temper, and tusks growing out of its mouth. This boar lived on a mountain called Erymanthus. Every day the boar would come down from his cave and attack people and animals, meanwhile destroying everything in it’s path. On his way to hunt the boar, Hercules stopped to visit his friend Pholus, who ... was to clean King Augea’s stables. Hercules knew this job would mean getting dirty and smelly. Eurystheus made this task even harder by ordering Hercules to clean up after the cattle in a single day! King Augeas owned more cattle than anyone in Greece. He was very rich and had many herds of cows, bulls, goats, sheep and horses. Hercules went to King Augeas, and without saying anything about ...
- 2828: Hard Times
- ... with members of his own family, the principles of his "hard and fast system" were rigidly instilled in the minds of his students. Such pupils of the Gradgrind school were continually crammed with facts from day to day until they 'spilled over 'with them. Such facts were to remain in the mind, pressed down in all forms of memory until all finer sensibilities were deadened. As dramatic and unhearted as it may sound ... the circus definitely leaned more towards such philosophy than did an entrepreneurial man who created a strict curriculum of facts with barely any emotions. The circus members were more free to roam and live life "day by day". Examples are the sudden emotional whim on which Cecillia had to decide to come and stay with the Gradgrinds and most importantly, the way her father helped to hide Tom when he ...
- 2829: Embracing The Past To See The
- ... few dedicated professionals. They could see the errors of the future and grasp to what made the system work in the past. Focusing on actual knowledge to better society at the basic level. The present day of education still draws from the past in the aspect that a school is only as good as a system will allow. The emphasis is on education regardless of pre-set notions. Society today wants ... side of personal enrichment. Students now are faced with the feeling of being inadequate upon entering the system. In 1879, everyone wanted to succeed. The only pre-requisite was to achieve an education. In this day and age education barely opens doors for the average person. The emphasis should be based on equal opportunities for every student. In this day and age educators are faced with financial constraints and overcrowding. Constant one-up manship of school systems place these perimeter s on both educator s and students. The equal school system of 1879 is ...
- 2830: Jane Erye - Feminism
- First published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has consistently been Jane Austen's most popular novel. It portrays life in the genteel rural society of the day, and tells of the initial misunderstandings and later mutual enlightenment between Elizabeth Bennet (whose liveliness and quick wit have often attracted readers) and the haughty Darcy. The title Pride and Prejudice refers (among other things ... immediate family knew of her authorship: Fanny Knight's diary for September 28, 1811 records a "Letter from Aunt Cass. to beg we would not mention that Aunt Jane wrote Sense and Sensibility"; and one day in 1812 when Jane Austen and Cassandra and their niece Anna were in a "circulating library" at Alton, Anna threw down a copy of Sense and Sensibility on offer there, "exclaiming to the great amusement ... of Jane Austen's novels to be published, and appeared without her name on the title page (only "By a Lady"). It was advertised as an 'Interesting Novel', which meant (in the jargon of the day) that it was a love story. Jane Austen pledged herself to cover her publisher's losses, if necessary, but actually realized £140 in profit. It was one of only two novels that Jane Austen ...
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